Original title: Commuting patterns of Czech households exposed to flood risk
Authors: Vikhrov, Dmytro ; Stojanov, Robert ; Duží, Barbora ; Jakubínský, Jiří
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Global Change and Resilience, Brno (CZ), 2013-05-22 / 2013-05-24
Year: 2013
Language: eng
Abstract: Using unique data collected in October – December 2012 we estimate the link between commuting to work and the level of household exposure to fl oods. Th e result suggests an empirical puzzle – individuals aff ected by only one fl ood are roughly 10% more likely to engage in commuting, whereas those aff ected by two fl oods are 13% less likely to do so. We explain the result by the fact that individuals commute to work to accumulate resources in order to decrease the household’s vulnerability to fl ood risk, amongst other reasons. When the fl ood risk is high, some households out – migrate, and stayers commute less, probably for similar reasons as why they stay. Further, we fi nd evidence in support of the “network eff ect” hypothesis – an individual with an active commuter in the household is 47% more likely to commence commuting.
Keywords: commuting; flood risk; probit
Host item entry: Global Change and Resilience: From Impacts to Responses : Proceedings of the 3rd annual Global Change and Resilience Conference, ISBN 978-80-904351-8-6

Institution: Global Change Research Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0229512

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